First B-day

squashfest81 · Post by **squashfest81** » Fri Feb 21, 2014 3:43 pm

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My son has his first birthday this weekend. My daughter, now almost 3, has him surrounded with pink castles and mermaids. He needed something a little tougher. I had redone a few Tonka's in the past and their major limitation, for me, was a lack of play with action figures. With this in mind the Mark VII and I got to work. Cab was fabricated along with the trailer.

Ed in Tampa · Post by **Ed in Tampa** » Fri Feb 21, 2014 4:02 pm

Hope the paint is baby safe.

That should entertain him for awhile besides it kept dad busy.

joshh · Post by **joshh** » Fri Feb 21, 2014 4:06 pm

WOW!! Beautiful work! Better than anything you can buy in the store these days. Thanks for sharing.

squashfest81 · Post by **squashfest81** » Sat Feb 22, 2014 8:18 am

squashfest81 · Post by **squashfest81** » Sat Feb 22, 2014 8:20 am

And an in process shot. Used scrap vinyl fence. What an awesome material. the SS bandsaw and disk sander love it.

squashfest81 · Post by **squashfest81** » Sat Feb 22, 2014 8:25 am

On to the technical. The bandsaw fence I whipped up. Any really slick products out there? homemade solutions?

joshh · Post by **joshh** » Sat Feb 22, 2014 9:28 pm

On to the technical. The bandsaw fence I whipped up. Any really slick products out there? homemade solutions?[/QUOTE]

There is an aluminum table with fence upgrade from shopsmith: http://www.shopsmith.com/ownersite/cata ... system.htm

I have the cast iron table like you so I can't provide a review. I think there is a thread discussing a magnetic fence that works with the cast iron table and doesn't work with the newer one.

squashfest81 · Post by **squashfest81** » Sun Feb 23, 2014 10:45 am

Thanks gentlemen,
Not willing to spend the cash for the aluminum, but it it looks like a great setup. I'll have to search on the magnetic fence. That just sounds like a slick idea.